The Nicodemus enterprise. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1887-1887, 1887-08-24

term q reply to our article Ofresent- +
ment Of the Nicodemus Jackets. The !
gentleman failed to answer the first :
allegation set forth i'll nay article, T
but gives us o minute description OF :
my hair race and color; for which I
| return many thanks: for it doubt 2
| less sets at rest the many disputes, {
as to what race did belong to. /
Thank you sir for your information. ,
The friend of the Record thought he |
had mistakenly lied and would have F.;
the manhood to apologize or retract. !
But instead he adds Insult to nJury :
| BY corr8bdfatlhg his former assei
tons. While IN Stockton occasion
ally saw green poplar pole"
bearing the name Of Chamber. lie
: | saw, made himself quite offlclous
and was held in utter contempt by
: the business men. and Knight add
Is was good fortune I'd associate with .
\ gentlemen while in Stockton, and
/ 0f course he Was not admitted with .
: slch hence lis III feeling toward me.
! The Record tells Us that played
i the ''s1nart aleck" buying hogs 10
Stockton; after reading his articles
it is no more than | would expect
] him to say. The deep seated prdj-
udice Of this miserable puke would
j not bv any means allow him TO utter
" one word Of praise tor a negro,
H though he had the. tact,and business
Y OF q Gould 81, Vanderbilt. Sir, i
y had appeared on the streets Of Stock
ton hs a hotel porter, a boot black,
es or as monkey for the amusement OF
p the general public he would not have
seen any Of the characteristic traits
il me Of "smart aleck,' but would
81 have been-''he's o good Niger :"
but being in good business ayoca-
ty tion it was quite too much for hlm'
TX / remember q ce3tain, firm, tlendEs
~ Of Chambers, who wrote IL THEN
M HEADQUARTERS and told them "a mig
II ger'' WAS buying hogs there, end
they answered and told tho Stockton
men to mot let him have q d II one,
In hui after a few weeks 'bucklng" ant
Of the loss Of two OF three hundred
re- dollars on their part, they found i
en- not quite SO healthy and was Wlllllnss
Of to divide: Chambers | guess Wer
IN their abbettors.
llly Mr.. Chambers thinks the Demo
an crat is a strange medium throug
re- .which,I should seek redress. we
ties WHY so. am not an American CIT
leg. zen. and have / not o night to aI
en-. peal to any one whom ! may see
the to advocate my cause? ANA espe'
ially when il il. tEanpled uTo1. py
a. HACK hearted Republican. Sir,
- have as many warm friends amor
% the Democrats as among Republ
yer. cans, and especially such IKE YOU
last self You must understand thai q
| he negro is free to act and do as SUI
said Inn best and if'he finds 2 Denoc 4
more favorable to him than L
ol1 1 publican, it is then duty to acce
Guild him over and above any one eli
.orm I Will tell Republican that ne 7
dis basely lied as soon, as a nelno 5St
II Il 500 sir, you need not attempt
! I screen yourself behind the hopuL
na' can party. You coward, is this y
efore wav to Gam sympathy? Repul
his cans like Chambers always curse
IT, Nero when he finds he thinks
HIMSELF and docs not allow them
you dictate to him. The Negro O. I
age is not Republican tor d., sol
!, v,n thing that happened three, decY y
3 AGO. but OF living lssuesHoi to-d
J ana Row mucH longer are sou gong
about keep up that old whoop Of slave
u by lona AGO 1t has become OFFENSIVE
States our ear, don't you know nothing
The that VIII show you q tFoe 1'opO
;oato, can? .ou,n.
The evsrv daily. and Weekly paper
,ithor- Southwest kansas and Missouri
,a~ "a ia eAitOr Of this dirty sheet rem
1as Iar that eli Of the aforesaid roI
agapie 1 80 sS,t!out from Stockton by
pA5is self or some 81 bus IrnrYlItuoas u
lay be and nd By Oh eye witness q
,rsert affray. hence they kneW no iac
o,voroa | admit thatl mn quite accuS
o"1Ae "a Ia scenes of blood and the Y
5f-sta1e l;lling Of men, ana also III
4 state that sI1ch TAME affairs rs T-
, state. Nicodo,pus did not excite ne
much for the last two yea
~ 81! n,ore / have been hvins p
s. 1sso- communities where no deco ].
/, unin- 3ark al houli9rs to commit, \
u state FEW DAYS ago 4 raan was nll1
Ill !, Ill IN Concordia and robbed #
III l--,.5 - one dollar and titty cents, IA
ihe "olh white associates. We 1aIto
IA, ana long editorial III TIC Record I'm
salousies irq and bIack-malhng Con
require and IT, lnn& Z s ga f;ooas
: Y IT cral. You say personally 70
rec 'neIe 4 warm place lo your nfarV !
is to DC Memo; nov VIC are INFORM
md Il the those who know That Nicoder-
J ! con- Ks people never diarecelye :
-,one -..b6 mention II your sheet
lelso,A1 WAYS sneak Of them either w
cas- Of the tempt or derision. But tins
IL accounted fcI when Il II